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The below was taken from the offical homepage of TiSSA:

The international 'Social Work & Society' Academy (TiSSA) provides a forum for involving professionals and academics in innovative discussion on theory and practice at the cutting edge of the social professions. Its overall aim is to identify how the needs of a wide range of societies experiencing transition can be met through the generation of new knowledge, concepts and models. The organizers of TiSSA assume, that socio-economical developments indicate categorically that social work has to deal with its relation to the respective societies in a critical way, in order to build out a clear professional profile for the future, for a renewal of perspectives and to improve its agency. Any site of economic, political and social transition poses a challenge to social professions to reflect on new approaches to social work. In doing so, The international 'Social Work & Society' Academy focuses on

    * promoting a comparative approach to the analysis of social work and society
    * enhancing the development of knowledge, skills and experience
    * shaping organizational changes and new governance processes
    * analyzing quality criteria and reflecting on best practice
    * encouraging the international dissemination and exchange of information on significant developments

This reflection shall take place in the new setting of The international 'Social Work & Society' Academy in three ways: TiSSA Plenum, inter-university PhD-Network and Academy Seminars.

For more information see http://www.tissa.net/